would that sort of fit with the dates that they were traveling around europe? yes, they were traveling 1870s onwards, yes. so i suspect that someone has put it together to sell to a northern european traveler as a treasure to take home. not a fake of the day. not a fake of the day. no, in fact, i'm sure it's not a fake of the day and i think perhaps we'll move on to why. firstly, i think it's made of alabaster... yes. ...which is quite a soft stone. if i were to scratch it, it would scratch relatively easily even with my thumbnail. dates from about 1530, 1540. it's very old. it's extremely old, yes. it's very typically mannerist. this was an art movement where figures were very typically rather elongated. proportions were slightly curious. and, uh, jonah here-- i love the way he seems to be diving out of this rather bizarre whale. and i suppose this is the ship that he'd fallen out of in the first place to then be-- so we've got a sort of circular movement going on here. it's also quite interesting to see-- there are traces of gilding. there's a little bit behi